Hollywood's favourite English (and a bit Welsh) rose has received rave reviews for her West End debut in the revival of Skylight, opposite Bill Nighy.

Directed by Stephen Daldry, of Billy Elliot and The Hours, Skylight tells the story of two former lovers, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis and Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.

It's opening night was at the Wyndham Theatre last night (June 18).

Nighy's Sergeant visits Kyra, played by Mulligan, and as the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

The 29 year-old actress' mother, Nano, is from Llandeilo and the Great Gatsby star has often talked about her nan's struggle with dementia and the visits to the care home in Ponterdawe near Swansea.

Anyway, here's what the critics say about Skylight:

Variety muses: "A star vehicle on cruise control this ain’t: Carey Mulligan’s Kyra is all composure, a sense of purpose masking layers of hurt, while Bill Nighy’s furiously brittle Tom blazes with self-entitlement, ricocheting between bravado and aching neediness.

"They’re so perfectly matched and balanced by helmer Stephen Daldry that watching them lock horns through the first half of this acute revival of David Hare’s “Skylight” is simply riveting."

The Guardian's Michael Billington said: "Some plays dissolve with time. David Hare's Skylight actually seems to have got richer since its premiere in 1995.

"Carey Mulligan, in her West End debut, impressively registers the quiet determination of a Sussex solicitor's daughter who has made a choice to teach in a tough school."

Paul Taylor at the The Independent wrote: "Mulligan's moving, intensely focused performance emphasises the character's hard-won clear-eyed wisdom rather than her righteousness."

WhatsOnStage's Michael Coveney said: "I've seen both previous London productions and this is probably the best. It's more urgent, more musically enthralling, and Nighy has gone to another level. And Mulligan soaks up his oddness like a sponge before dealing her knock-out blows."